24 STE students joined the Edmonton Youth Orchestra. A significant contribution by STE into the wider Edmonton musical community.

Parents were first brought into the STE board. Betty Parker Jervis first served as treasurer and then later as president of the newly formed parent board.

STE housed and administered from the Alberta College Campus.

The advanced cellists and violinists of STE joined the Edmonton Youth Orchestra in a benefit concert for Talent Education and played for a packed house at Convocation… Read more “Feb. 1973”

23 children and their mothers spent 3 weeks at the Banff School of Fine Arts in concentrated study under Miss Tanaka and Mr. Kim. This proved so… Read more “July 1972”

Orchestra program expanded to three orchestras under the direction of Mr. Lawrence Fisher, Mr. Michael Bowie and Mr. Harry Hill. Claude Kenneson assumed leadership of the cello… Read more “1971-72”

The first STE orchestra was formed under the direction of Thomas Rolston – later under Ernest Kassian – “the only orchestra where very few could reach the… Read more “1970”

25 STE students joined with the ESO under Lawrence Leonard to play in an “Adventures in Music” presentation for other children.

Mrs. Suzuki visits Edmonton to hear the children and meet the parents and teachers.

The Edmonton Suzuki program was met with nation-wide interest and has helped with the organization of other societies in Calgary (1967) then Bellingham WA, Hamilton ON, Regina… Read more “1967”